{"id":1696,"date":"2016-04-08T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jfdaber.com\/daber1516\/?page_id=1696&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-06-16T10:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T09:49:14","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jfdaber.com\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-two-third g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" ><\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" >\n<h2>\u2014 Since 1981<\/h2>\n<\/li><!-- --><li class=\"g1-column g1-three-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-1\" >\n<p>Jean Schmitt founded our Manufacture in 1981. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Daber is now a leading reference regarding high level bows.<br \/>\nWe aim at helping musicians produce the sound they imagine getting the most out of their instruments. We constantly improve the acoustic performances of our bows through permanent research on tone and tone production.<\/p>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" >\n<\/li><!-- --><li class=\"g1-column g1-three-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-1\" >\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 25px;\">Les Archetiers, notre atelier au XX\u00b0 si\u00e8cle<\/h3>\n<span id=\"g1-frame-counter-1\" class=\"g1-frame g1-type-geometric-5\">\n\t<span class=\"g1-decorator\">\n\t\t<span class=\"g1-outer\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper\" style=\"width:686px;\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:56.268221574344%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"686\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hl7yqNmvySs?feature=oembed&#038;autohide=2&#038;autoplay=0&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;fs=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-indicator g1-type-document\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-01\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-02\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-03\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-04\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-05\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-06\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-07\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-08\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<div style=\"height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n<h2>The Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Daber team<\/h2>\n<p>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Daber is now headed by three associated partners. Gilles Saurais, Executive Manager, Vincent Tricou, Master Bow Maker and Sylvain Tocquec, engineer, in charge of our research and development.<\/p>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" >\n<\/li><!-- --><li class=\"g1-column g1-three-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-1\" >\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 15px;\">Vincent Tricou , Master Bow Maker, one of France&#8217;s finest bow maker<\/h3>\n<span id=\"g1-frame-counter-2\" class=\"g1-frame g1-type-geometric-5\">\n\t<span class=\"g1-decorator\">\n\t\t<span class=\"g1-outer\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_0045_mm.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent Tricou , Master Bow Maker, one of France's finest bow maker\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-indicator g1-type-document\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-01\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-02\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-03\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-04\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-05\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-06\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-07\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-08\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<p>Vincent started his career at J.F Daber in 1981 and quickly became head of our team of makers. Vincent sees to it that production and quality meet the most demanding standards for traditional French bow making. He guarantees that each and every bow meets our functional and acoustic requirements. As a string-player he tries out each and every bow, fine-tuning them to make sure that they are capable of meeting the needs of performers.<\/p>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" >\n<\/li><!-- --><li class=\"g1-column g1-three-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-1\" >\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 15px;\">Gilles Saurais, Executive Manager<\/h3>\n<span id=\"g1-frame-counter-3\" class=\"g1-frame g1-type-geometric-5\">\n\t<span class=\"g1-decorator\">\n\t\t<span class=\"g1-outer\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Img0132_m.jpg\" alt=\"Gilles Saurais, Executive director of JF Daber Lyon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-indicator g1-type-document\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-01\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-02\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-03\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-04\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-05\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-06\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-07\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-08\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<p>Gilles Saurais, helps performers determine the bow they need. Together with musicians, he reviews the relationship between tone, bows, instruments and posture.<\/p>\n<p>Gilles is also in charge of raw material supply, making sure that we only make use of the very best that is on offer. He is particularly demanding in wood selection, thus guaranteeing our makers to work with material that meets Daber&#8217;s requirements with regard to tone and dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"g1-grid\"><li class=\"g1-column g1-one-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-0\" >\n<\/li><!-- --><li class=\"g1-column g1-three-fourth g1-valign-top\" id=\"g1-grid-counter-1\" >\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 25px;\">Sylvain Tocquec, Engineer, in charge of Research &amp; Development<\/h3>\n<span id=\"g1-frame-counter-4\" class=\"g1-frame g1-type-geometric-5\">\n\t<span class=\"g1-decorator\">\n\t\t<span class=\"g1-outer\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sylvain_m.jpg\" alt=\"vincent tricou bow maker JF Daber Lyon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-indicator g1-type-document\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-01\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-02\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-03\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-04\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-05\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-06\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-07\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-08\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<p>Sylvain, has developped tools in order to analyse bows both functional and acoustic characteristics. He is in charge of the hybrid bows development.<\/p>\n<p>In order to constantly offer better bows to our customers, as a team, we constantly deepen our knowledge and understanding on bows and their relationship to sound.<\/p>\n<\/li><!-- --><\/ul>\n<span id=\"g1-frame-counter-5\" class=\"g1-frame g1-type-geometric-5\">\n\t<span class=\"g1-decorator\">\n\t\t<span class=\"g1-outer\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tailletete3_m.jpg\" alt=\"JF Daber Archetier \u00e0 Lyon\" width=\"1920\" height=\"947\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-indicator g1-type-document\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-01\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-02\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-03\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-04\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-05\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-06\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-07\"><\/span><span class=\"g1-08\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<div id=\"g1-divider-counter-1\" class=\"g1-divider g1-type-classic-2\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1696","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Discover the history of the Jean Fran\u00e7ois Daber workshop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Daber history. 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